Man Builds Porsche From Scratch Out Of Cardboard

With a top speed of 10mph (if you pedal very hard) this shiny gold Porsche may not enjoy the usual performance of a supercar.

But Austrian Johannes Langeder, 48, is still delighted with his life-sized pedal-powered eco-friendly car, which cost €13,000 (£11,000) to build.

This week he took the car out for its first trip around the city of Hamburg, in northern Germany and pointed out that not only is it the quietest vehicle on the road, it also has zero emissions, making it the most environmentally friendly Porsche ever.

‘It has 24 gears which is pretty impressive, and at the end of the day I am finally driving around in a Porsche,’ he said.